- The Mahâ
Dissâvas was a
Great Officer in the Amātya Mandalaya, or
Sinhalese Council of State, in the
Sinhalese Kingdoms of
monarchical Sri Lanka. Like...
- was a
Ceylonese colonial-era headmen. He was
appointed to the post of
Dissâva by the
British Government of Ceylon. He was
educated at
Royal College Colombo...
-
Government Agents (GA) took over the
duties of the
Dissava (with the
remaining and
newly appointed Dissavas being mere
honorary titles), with Rate Mahatmaya...
- was captured, and executed. In 1814, the king
ordered Ehelepola Adigar,
Dissava of Sabaragamuwa, to Kandy. Ehelepola,
suspecting a trap, refused; in revenge...
-
government house in
Mullaitivu was
attacked by
forces of
Pandara Vanniyan and
Dissava of
Nuwara Kalawiya who laid
siege to the fort.
Captain Drieberg with his...
- this
group as
chiefs who held the high
offices of
state such as Adigar,
Dissava and
MahaLekam which appointments were not
hereditary and
these individuals...
- Amātya
Mandalaya Maha
Adigar Maha
Mohottala Maha
Dissava Dugganna Nilame Bandāra
Provincial Disavani Dissava Rata Rate
Mahatmaya Korale Korala Pattu Judiciary...
- "A
Kandyan Dissava and
Priest of Boodhoo",
illustration by John Davy (1821) of a
native Kandyan chief/administrator and a
Buddhist monk....
- of the
Dutch and
acted according to
their own desires. As a result, the
dissava (Kandyan Chiefs)
instructed their provinces where Christians resided to...
-
Barnes Ra****te (known as
Barnes Ra****te Dissawa; 1883 – 20
September 1957) was a
Ceylonese colonial-era
legislator and a headman. He was a
member of...
